Tuesday
Today was the day…
I had a pretty quiet morning. I did a bit of work which was satisfying. My teacher who has Covid-19 is on the mend and should be discharged soon.
Mike came home at lunchtime and Julian shortly after. He came for a coffee before David arrived to take him to the airport. Julian comes down from Johannesburg on business – he buys books and he stores them at our house, so he can pretty legitimately come and go within the rules of the Level 3 Lock Down.
After wrapping up work this afternoon, I beetled off to Echo for two main reasons.
We had to measure the bath and decide where exactly the window was going to go in front of it. This unassuming space is where the bath will go with a picture window in front of it.
The second thing we needed to sort out is the middle space for one of the stained glass windows. We have three old windows that will go at the top of the stairs. There is space for the two big ones but the smaller one has to have its space cut out. Mike and Werner had a discussion about where and how. One day in the future I hope to take another photo from this spot viewing the photos in situ…I hope they look okay. Somehow I think the middle one may not look so good in the middle. Maybe we should find another spot for it. We will have to give some thought to it as it could be the little one with spoil the effect of the other two.
The top floor is getting its clapper board…
The storm has passed. The rain has stopped and the forecast suggest sunshine for the rest of this week and all next week. Next rain is expected on Saturday 25th. Good news for builders!
Today I chewed on some soft food. It was the first time in 4 weeks and it felt good. I need to do some research to find out if 4 weeks is too early. I’m still on food that’s pretty sloppy but I had some pasta that I blended gently, so it was very soft and I put it between my teeth to see how it felt. No problem.
Corona stats – July 2020 – We are still 10th in the world – once today’s stats come in, we’ll go to 9th and overtake the UK.
- Tuesday 7th July – 10134 new cases – 192 deaths (102299 recoveries/110054 active)
- Wednesday 8th July – 8810 new cases – 100 deaths (106842 recoveries/114221 active)
- Thursday 9th July – 13674 new cases – 118 deaths (113061 recoveries/ 121558 active)
- Friday 10th July – 12348 new cases – 140 deaths (118232 recoveries / 128595 active)
- Saturday 11th July – 13497 new cases – 111 deaths (127715 recoveries/ 132498 active)
- Sunday 12th July – 12058 new cases – 108 deaths (134 874 recoveries/ 137 289 active)
- Monday 13th July – 11 554 new cases – 93 deaths (138 241 recoveries/ 145 383 active)
Total cases: 287 796 Total deaths: 4172
Romans 15:4
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
Have hope.
The best is yet to come.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
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